Three position wiglet

ABSTRACT

A detachable wiglet to be worn on a woman&#39;&#39;s hair in any of three positions is disclosed which is constructed by sewing a fringe of hairlike filaments to a foundation of burlap in a spiral pattern beginning near the periphery of the burlap and terminating near the center. The wiglet is an oval shape having a major axis of substantially 7 1/2 inches and a minor axis of substantially 6 1/8 inches.

United States Patent Irene A. Duesel 338.101 3/1886 Paton. 21073.86)3.273570 3.385305 [72} Inventor 3/ 1 937 .Iacoby 9/1966 Allison 3329Robinwood Drive. Fort Wayne. lnd. 46806 5/1968 Buzzelli PrimaryExaminer-Russell R1 Kinse Assislan! Examiner-Grego Appl. No. 786,947[22] Filed Dec. 26, 1968 [45] Patented Feb. 9, 1971 y ry E McNeillA!t0rney-Jeffers and Rickert THREE POSITION wlcuzr 4 Claims. 5 DrawingFigs.

132/53 A41g 3/00 132/5160v ABSTRACT: A detachable wiglet to be worn on awomans hair in any of three positions is disclosed which is constructedby sewing a fringe of hairlike filaments to a foundation of burlap in aspiral pattern beginning near the periphery of the burlap andterminating near the center. The wiglet is an oval shape having a majoraxis of substantially 7 /inches and a minor axis of substantially 6%inches [50] [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 105,914 8/1870Cohen..........................

THREE POSITION WIGLET This invention relates generally to a detachablecoiffure and more specifically to a wiglet.

Wigs have recently become quite fashionable with women in that theyallow the wearer to convey the impression of having longer or more hairthan she actually has as well as allowing a saving of many hours in thestyling and setting of ones natural hair. Partial wigs or wiglets havealso met with much favor in that they allow the wearer more flexibilityin hair styles as well as augmenting the quantity of one's natural hair.

The prior art coiffures have the disadvantages that they are relativelyexpensive and that they are generally contoured so as to be worn in onlyone position.

The present invention overcomes ,these disadvantages by providing arelatively inexpensive method of constructing a wiglet which wiglet isversatile in that it may be worn in any of three general positions andmay be appropriately contoured to fit the chosen position.

The present invention accomplishes this by providing a wiglet which ismade by forming natural hair or other hairlike filaments approximately 4inchesin length into a fringe and sewing this fringe to a foundationmaterial such as burlap in a spiral fashion beginning at the outer edgeof the burlap and terminating near its center. The thusformed wiglet maybe contoured to any desired shape by wetting the wiglet and thenallowing it to dry on a head form of the desired shape. 1

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide adetachable coiffure which may be worn in any of several positions on thehead. i

It is another object of the present invention to provide an economicalmethod of constructing a wiglet. h

It is a furtherobject of this invention to provide a coifiureconstruction which allows ventilation to the wearer's natural hair andscalp for comfort and health. a

A salient object of the present invention is to provide an economicaland versatile wiglet.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a wiglet whichmay be selectively contoured and worn in any of three general positions.

These and other features and advantages will become readily apparentfrom the following detailed description of a specific embodiment of theinvention wherein:

FIG. I is a top plane view of the wiglet being worn in the top frontposition;

FIG. 2 is a top plane view of the wiglet being worn in the crownposition;

FIG. 3 is a top plane view of the wiglet being worn in the napeposition;

FIG. 4 is a cutaway perspective view showing the construction of the topof the wiglet; and

FIG. 5 is a cutaway perspective view of the bottom of the wiglet showingthe details of the construction.

Referring now to FIG. I, the detachable coiffure is shown in position ona wearers head so that the front of thewiglet l coincides with thewearer's natural hairline. This is referred to as the top from position.

Similarly, FIG. 2 shows the detachable coiffure worn in the crownposition, and FIG. 3 shows it in the nape position. When worn in thislast position, the coiffures top will be even with the top of the ears,and it will serve as a fillin for the entire nape section.

Turning now to FIG. 4, the wiglet is seen to constructed on a foundationof flexible sheet material 2 such as burlap. A fringe 3 of human hair 44 inches in length is sewn to the burlap foundation in a spiral patternbeginning on the periphery at 5 and terminating near the center of thewiglet. The point of termination 6 is shown in FIG. 5

FIG. 5 shows lb cut away view of the bottom of the wiglet with thestitching 7 progressingin a spiral fashion from the periphery toward thecenter terminus in the direction indicated by the arrowheads. Thefoundation material 2 is then covered by a second sheet of flexiblematerial 8 such as burlap which is similar to the foundation material 2.This second sheet serves to cover the stitches 7. A nylon net I0 maythen be aft'ixed over the second sheet for appearance purposes. Theseveral layers are now sewn together and finished with a cotton biastape 9.

The finished wiglet is now seen to consist of a net I0 upon which is alayer or sheet of burlap 8 which in turn is below the foundation sheetof burlap 2. To the "top side of this foundationlayer, the fringe 3 ofhair approx imately 4 inches long is sewn in a continuous spiral. Thewiglet is finished around its periphery with the tape 9.

It is important that the fringe be sewn to the foundation beginning onthe periphery and terminating near the center of the wiglet to preventthe process from causing the oval shaped foundation to cup or dist'ort.

The novel utility of the invention should now be apparent.

Using burlap as the foundationmaterial allows the user to wet the wigletand then place it on a head form to dry. When dried. the wiglet willretain the contour given it by this process. A user may thus contour thewiglet to achieve the proper fit for wearing in any of the three generalpositions shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3. Further, the wiglet whileinitially being formed of straight hair as shown in FIG. 4 may be set toany hair style desired.

It is desirable that the wiglet have a major axis of between 7 and 8inches and a minor axis of between SVnnd 6%nches. These dimensions havebeen found desirable because they allow the wiglet to be worn in each ofthe three positions by most users. In one preferred embodiment 6%by7%nches has been found to be suitable.

While the instant invention has been shown and described herein in whatis conceived to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it isrecognized that departures may be made therefrom within the scope of theinvention. which is therefore not to be limited to the details disclosedherein but is to be accorded the full scope of the appended claims.

Iclaim:

l. A detachable coiffure to be worn on and at least augment a womanshair comprising: a foundation of flexible sheet material, a fringe ofhairlike filaments sewn to a first side of said foundation in a spiralpattern beginning at the outer edge and terminating near the center, anda second sheet of flexible material affixed to asecond side of saidlfoundation.

2. A coiffure as set forth in claim I wherein said foundation is oval inoutline having a major axis of7'l inches and a minor axis of 6%mches.

3. A coiffure as set forth in claim I in which said second sheet has aninner fabric lining and wherein the edges of said

1. A detachable coiffure to be worn on and at least augment a woman''shair comprising: a foundation of flexible sheet material, a fringe ofhairlike filaments sewn to a first side of said foundation in a spiralpattern beginning at the outer edge and terminating near the center, anda second sheet of flexible material affixed to a second side of saidfoundation.
 2. A coiffure as set forth in claim 1 wherein saidfoundation is oval in outline having a major axis of 7 1/2 inches and aminor axis of 6 1/8 inches.
 3. A coiffure as set forth in claim 1 inwhich said second sheet has an inner fabric lining and wherein the edgesof said foundation, second sheet, and lining are bound circumferentiallywith tape.
 4. A coiffure as set forth in claim 3 wherein said foundationand said second sheet are made of burlap.